10,000 Birds

MARCH 24, 2012

After watching the Killdeer playing Killdeer games in the field for awhile I moved on, ever eastward, until I came upon what was undoubtedly the highlight of my birding day. … This post was originally published on 09 March 2010, but we hate to keep posts this good buried in the archives ! ……… a.

Chickens 162

Chickens Birds Blackbirds 2010 162

4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 17, 2010

There, you’ll also find pet health and behavior articles; pet insurance tips; pet memorials; ask a vet and veterinary expert blog; lost and found and microchip information; travel kit and relocation tips; plus games, contests and local pet events. originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on July 17, 2010. Importance of vet care.

Vet 100

Vet Pets Game 2010 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 15, 2012

Because it is much more interesting to predict the birds that will get me to my 300th Queens bird I will break from my tradition and predict my next eleven birds this time unlike the last three times I played this game and predicted my next ten.

Connecticut 168

Connecticut 2011 2012 Jamaica 168

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2015

Wild bee species are vital to agriculture and a Cornell University study concluded that “ insect pollinators contributed $29 billion to US farm income in 2010″ and are “integral to food security in the United States”(quotes from response to RFI). A book mark was very useful to make the glossary quickly accessible.

Ireland 101

Ireland United States Game Species 101

10,000 Birds

MARCH 23, 2020

315 – Western Tanager , 25 November 2017: I’ve been predicting one of these since 2010 and it finally came true a mere seven years later. And are you as excited as I am to play this game again? Seawatching paid off and I have to remember that if I want to keep adding new seabirds. (1 1 out of 2!). 2 out of 3!).

2018 157

2018 2015 Birds 2019 157

4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 28, 2009

According to a recent national survey of American dog owners, the majority say they are pampering their pooches with more simple pleasures, including belly rubs, walks and games of fetch. Up to 20 winners will be selected and their stories will be featured in the first-of-its-kind “how to” manual for real dogs that will be published in 2010.

Dogs 100

Dogs Branding Lifestyle 2009 100

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 3, 2010

I’m an author, good character names are fair game) joined the family and something rather miraculous happened. Guest Post: Susan Wilson originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on March 4, 2010. Because she had never been socialized, this cat did not even know how to purr. Fast forward seven years. Sasha learned to purr.

Pit Bulls 100

Pit Bulls Rescue Massachusetts Feral Cats 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

That said, at least I had predicted Lapland Longspur in a previous iteration of this game. The list below includes the dates I made the prediction and, in bold, the date I saw the bird, if I saw it: Cory’s Shearwater, 3 Jul 2010, 11 Apr 2011, 15 May 2012, 06 Oct 2013. Eurasian Wigeon, 3 Jul 2010, 11 Apr 2011, 5 Nov 2011.

2013 160

2013 2010 2012 2011 160

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

The trip was probably reasonably well planned and it would have been known to these travelers that game birds, as well as deer and fish, were abundant in the region they were traveling to. Boehrer, Bruce, Animal Characters: Nonhuman Beings in Early Modern Literature, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2010., 78(1):61–78. ca 1630–1647.

Turkey 197

Turkey Columbus Spain Fowl 197

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2012

In 2010, a remarkable and previously unrecorded phenomenon occurred when thousands upon thousands of African Openbills appeared from nowhere and spread throughout South Africa, even to the far southern tip of the continent and remote Karoo semi-desert regions where they had never been recorded before.

Africa 232

Africa Tanzania South Africa Uganda 232

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2013

The chart of breeding bird survey data goes up, up, up, particularly for the period from 1990 to 2010. Brauning, Chief Nongame Ornithologist for the Pennsylvania Game Commission, and Robert S. The block table states there is a 38 percent increase in possible, probable, and confirmed breeding. Wilson, Visiting Assistant Professor of.

Pennsylvania 219

Pennsylvania Breeding Birds Sparrows 219

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Spoonbills nested in Britain for the first time for 300 years in 2010, when a small colony became established at Holkham in North Norfolk. This was an interesting sighting, as it’s only in recent years that these striking birds have started over-wintering in East Anglia.

Estonia 215

Estonia Portugal Greece Barn Owls 215

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Sandhill Hunt: They’re Voting Now Sandhill Cranes: Game Birds? One important reason is the wide discrepancy in mid-winter count survey numbers—in Tennessee those figures were 44,000 counted in 2010 versus only 12,000 counted in 2011. This slow reproduction rate is unlike any other avian game species currently hunted.

2011 238

2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 238

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2013

A dusty-red road leads me through Marico bushveld deeper into the 750 square kilometers large wilderness of the Madikwe Game Reserve – the 4th largest reserve in South Africa, home to 350 bird and 66 mammal species, some 4 hours’ drive from Johannesburg. If such a trend continues, we will lose these animals for good!

Africa 185

Africa South Africa Elephants Rhinos 185

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2012

In 2010, the best year on record , 75% of the pairs that raised a chick to fledging attempted a second brood, and 75% of those actually managed to fledge a second chick. In bad or even average years these attempts are rare and don’t succeed, as it was for the years that I worked on the island. So why do it?

Eggs 163

Eggs Puffins Breeding Raised 163

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 30, 2013

Let’s take a look at how I’ve done over the last four times I played this game. 3 July 2010 31 October 2010 11 April 2011 15 May 2012.

2012 158

2012 2013 New York City Jamaica 158

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

Over the winter, the universe lost four whooping cranes to what appears to be recreational shooting: three gunned down together in Georgia on December 30, 2010, and another in Alabama on January 28, 2011. That’s what you do with other game, right? It gives one to wonder why this designation was made.

2011 239

2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 239

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

The last chapter, “The survival game,” explores the question: why did dinosaur-like birds (and crocodiles and turtles), survive the great cataclysm that caused the extinction of our beloved big, bad dinosaurs?

Mongolia 178

Mongolia Science Reptiles Indiana 178